Lake Shore
Hosp Authority

Lake Shore Hospital Authority
Mystery Workshop Cancelled

Posted December 30, 2016 04:10 am

By Stew Lilker

COLUMBIA COUNTY/LAKE CITY, FL – The Lake Shore
Hospital Authority (LSHA) is a special taxing district
established by the Florida legislature. All members of
the board have been appointed by Governor Rick Scott.
December 12 was the last official 2016 meeting of the
LSHA Board. Moments after the Board began consideration
of the evening's agenda, Board Chairman Koby Adams
announced that he was asking the Board to approve a
workshop on January 9, 2017, at 4 pm. Mr. Adams, who is
also Representative Elizabeth Porter's Chief of Staff,
did not volunteer one word of explanation regarding the
purpose of the workshop.

Chairman Koby Adams announces the Jan. 9 workshop.

All members of the Authority Board are required to be
residents of Columbia County. Dr. Waseem Khan made the
motion to approve the meeting. Dr. Khan's homestead
exemption is in Alachua County.

Board member Brandon Biel seconded the motion. It
passed unanimously. None of the Board members mentioned
the purpose of the workshop, which is essentially a
special meeting.

Since the early 70's both the Florida Attorney
General and the Courts have established that "reasonable
notice" is mentioning the purpose of a meeting so that
people can decide whether or not they wish to attend.

Did the Governor's Board Know the Purpose of the
Workshop?

Only Board member Ron Foreman gave an indication that
the Board knew the purpose of the meeting.

Moments before the meeting was adjourned, he said,
"We're moving it forward. I guess the workshop will
unveil what we've been doin'."

Meeting Cancelled

On what appears to be December 22, ten days after it
was announced that the Board would "unveil what we've
been doin'," the decision was made to cancel the
unveiling.

There was no announcement on the home page of the
Authority website, nor was the cancellation noted on the
Authority calendar.

Authority Manager Jackson P. "Jack" Berry posted a
notice on what he called an "agenda."

It is undated.

Epilogue

The Governor's Lake Shore Hospital Authority: does it
know what an agenda is?

And what has the Gov's Board been doing, and
apparently continuing to do in secret, that requires an
unveiling and then a mysterious cancellation?

LSHA 8 (clockwise from top):
Koby Adams - political operative, Liz Porter's Chief of
staff; Chairman of the Authority
Brandon Biel - latest Scott appointee and a young republican
on the move
Dr. Waseem Khan - a board member who
lives out of the county
Janet Creel - real estate broker
Ron Foreman - father of the County Atny
Tim Murphy - a nice guy, talented welder, clueless about
government. Now w/The 5
Lory Chancy - her main job appears to be
not to answer questions and to protect Columbia County's
legendary political operative, Jackson P. "Jack" Berry (in
the middle).